Momentum..

Momentum is not (mass * velocity) in life

You know when you go to the gym for 3 months straight, then miss a day ("I'll go tomorrow...") ...then you end up skipping the next 3 weeks?

When you begin with a dream project, it’s tough to keep your momentum going. Sometimes projects sit half-finished for years…or they remain a fantasy and never get off the ground. Life has a way of intervening. Maybe your commute took an extra 45 minutes today because of an accident Or you spent all day at mind-numbing work. It’s true for all of us. So how do you manage the daily grind and still manage to get the momentum going.

The inspiration evaporates, the thrill is quickly forgotten and nothing you have promised yourself during the energetic days ever sees the light of the day.

We all understand how important the momentum is to get the work done. Without momentum it is difficult to have enthusiasm and motivation to get going. Your momentum will spark more momentum ... the more goals you achieve.. the more you will set - Knowing that you are now a person who follows through on commitments. To gain positive momentum, we need to get active and string together a series of events that will get the ball rolling in the right direction. We can start small and build. Small change often leads to much larger change.

Creating momentum in your life takes increasing the things that move you forward and decreasing those that hold you back. I know, just like you do, that living a life that we desire is not always easy to achieve. We have habits and repeat cycles to overcome. But by creating momentum, we can move past those and move toward the life we want.

Here are few tips to jump start the momentum in your life:

Create your vision and make it a reality. It’s true – if you can’t see your vision of success, you’ll never get there. So what does success look like for you day to day? How do you want to spend your time? How do you want to define success for yourself this year. Write your vision and post it somewhere so that you see it every day. Creating momentum starts with commitment. Commit to doing one of the ideas that will move you closer to your vision.

Do what you are passionate about. Do what you love to do. If you hate your job, get a new one. Go to school and learn a new profession. Start that business you’ve always dreamed of. Pick up the hobby you’ve been thinking about. Facing too many roadblocks (time, money, naysayers)? Why not tackle one of them. Explore your options, and then take action. There is no time like the present!

Remove your fears. The biggest roadblock is our own deep-seeded fear – fear of success, change, failure, ridicule, the unknown. Take a daily step to remove your fears by asking yourself every day, “What would I do today, if I were not afraid?”

Find the time. One of the biggest challenges to having the life we want is finding the time to do all we want to do. Track how you spend your time for a week. At the end, tally up the time spent on each thing – such as sleeping, eating, shopping, checking email, etc. Look at each category. What things can you do to cut time in each area? Be creative and find the time to do what you love to do, instead of what you have to do.

We all know that life is short. So, shouldn't we all live the best life we possibly can? Absolutely! Because remember – how we spend our days, is how we spend our lives.

IDEA !! IDEA !! IDEA !! Lets Find one to get started ..

IDEA !! IDEA !! IDEA !! Lets Find one to get started .

Many of us have aspirations in life to become an entrepreneur and keep working to find an idea which is unique and profitable. We spend months/years just to keep looking for an idea. One of the biggest problems to start is that we are not confident if idea is a good one.
What we keep thinking: Will people find it useful enough to pay? What if we waste 2 years pursuing an idea that's doomed?

What MOST people do: Think of a random idea, start working on that (building a website, getting business cards printed, opening Twitter/FB accounts) and then slowly discover that it’s NOT a feasible one. After a few months, will shift to another idea...then another...always keep thinking that one day we will get the "right" idea.

The first important thing to consider is: Who are you trying to market to?  Do not target everyone. If one product is fit for everyone will you buy it. No, you will buy which fulfills your need. So be specific when finding your customer. Divide the customer based on geography, Age, Price, Income – Middle income/ Lower income/ highly affluent. This will help you determine your niche market.

To find a profitable idea note down all your thoughts on paper. Whatever possible options you can think of note them down. Now do the analyses for each idea, whether it’s profitable or not. Nail down your idea list to 3 ideas. Systematically eliminate the bad ones and test the good ones.

Perfection or Direction !!!!!!!

It’s Not Perfection its Direction we need to achieve our goals

Life is a journey and in the journey there could be multiple path to reach that destination. There are so many roads which go to Rome but it’s up to us which road we take and reach the destination. So when we want to achieve something in life we are not looking for perfect road what we look for is direction which road to take.

There are two kind of people in the world, one who believe perfection exist and one who believe Perfection does not exist. I am on the later side.The reason being, the definition of perfection keep changing with time. As our life changes, our desire, perception and thought process also changes and so changes the definition of perfection. So for me perfection is an illusion. I believe in getting the things started and fine tune them. This can be done by taking directions from people who are already into that field.

As human beings we always want to take minimal risk in doing the things. That’s why we always try to achieve perfection so that when we start there is no chance of failure. But if we keep thinking to achieve perfection before starting then there are chances that you will never start. Rather than perfection if we look for directions then we can get started and on our journey, we can be efficient and excellent what so ever we plan to do.

“I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.” 

We look for perfection as we are afraid of making the mistakes. Remember, things which you see perfect today are started with imperfection. In the path people made mistakes corrected them and went there way for perfection. So it’s important to get started and to get started we need direction where to go and how to go. But just direction is not enough, the most important factor is to believe in yourself. If you are confident and have courage to do what you want to do then success is not far away from you.

Once you have direction then comes trial. You have the idea what path you have to take, now it’s your turn to try out things. There may be some failures, something might work and something might not work. So you have to keep trying and on your way of trying things out you will understand the dynamics how to make things work out. Always start with small and if things work out you can fine tune them.

“There are two things we should always be 1. raw and 2. ready. When you are raw, you are always ready. Waiting for perfection is not an answer, one cannot say "I will be ready when I am perfect" because then you will never be ready, rather one must say "I am raw and I am ready just like this right now.” 

If you like the article please let me know what is your opinion  ::

Do you think direction is more important than perfection?

What kind of direction helped you to achieve your goals? 

Our own Fear

Biggest hurdle to achieve anything in life is our own fear

“Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you are right.” – Henry Ford

When we look to achieve our goals we see two main hurdles:

1.     Failure to define our goals.

2.     Our own fear which stop us to take action.

People have three primary fears:

    The fear of success...

                The fear of failure...

                And the fear of the future

Clarity of Vision:

Defining our goals is difficult because with each new day of our lives we change, grow, test things out, make mistakes, and learn something new. So it makes sense that our deepest desires seem unclear, or at least in a constant state of evolution. Having a clear vision is absolutely necessary -- but it typically stirs up a set of emotional roadblocks. These come at us in the form of fears both of failing and of succeeding, 

and in doubts about our own worthiness for success. The fears and doubts make their presence felt in “negative” emotions. We fear that we can't really get what we want, that we will fail because it has proved too difficult in the past, or that we'll never figure out how to get where we want to go.

Cycle Need a revisit

Cycle need a revisit

What about a non-polluted environment and good health. In our own ways, we keep looking for ways to healthy living. Here's a viable option that's also an enjoyable one!

Remember the old days where we could just ride away with a bicycle to almost any part of the town? It’s so much fun to remember those days. Recently I came to know about so many cyclists who pedal daily to keep them fit and for day to day activities. I got interested in cycling and started just one month back. So far I had 2 cycling trips and those were fantastic. Cycling seems so tough to me before I started and I never thought that I will be able to cover 30 Km through cycle. My first trip was 35 Km and 2^nd trip was 25 Km. First trip went well but in second trip we got 7 punctures and realize a need to have a toolkit to fix flat tires. The overall experience of cycling was great and I truly enjoyed it.

Having said all this, a thought came in my mind is not cycling an option for our day to day transport. I started thinking more and more and felt that cycling is a very efficient and effective mode of transportation for short to moderate distances. We go to nearby market for vegetable, milk etc and we can easily go by cycle. We always keep talking and expressing our great concern about petrol prices and being fit. But do we really care how we can save on petrol expenditure. Cycle as a transport comes really handy. You can easily cover the small distance without any cost, also there is no hassle for parking. You are keeping yourself fit without realizing that you are doing exercise.

Cycle is a gr8 way to explore your own city. While travelling in motorized vehicles we leave so many places within city which has a great scene or monuments. It’s gr8 way to keep chatting and explore the city. If we look at developed countries they have defined cycle tracks and cycling in developed countries are quite popular to use as transport and as a sport. India is far behind in this area. There is no infrastructure for cyclist and no one really think to use cycle as transport. Although there are few initiatives by Delhi Metro where they have started providing cycle on few metro stations. Similarly there are companies who promote cycling as a sport and provide packages to explore the city or places on cycle. But India still need to go a long way to promote cycle. While infrastructure is a challenge to develop there are other big challenges to adopt cycle as a short distance transport. Biggest challenge is to change people mindset, which sees cycle as lower class transport. That’s true at large extent, as we see only lower class people using cycle for commute.

Jobs are paycheck for our Lifestyle

Jobs are paycheck for our Lifestyle

Before we begin our journey towards finding Dream Job lets introspect our self. Have you given any real thought or definition to your dream job? Would you recognize it if you saw it? Would you be ready to pursue it if it appeared? If you struggle with any of the answers, perhaps it’s time to stop, sit down, and give the matter your full attention.

Paycheck for Lifestyle

When we start our career we think to work hard, earn good money and fulfill our Dreams. Most of the people will not like to agree on this but job has become a place to earn paycheck and pay our lifestyle bills.

Somehow we have come to learn that the more money means the best product and ultimately, quality of life and a feeling of fulfillment. This often transfers to how we understand our job. Because money provides so much more freedom, we become convinced that the more money we make, the happier we will be. Instead of seeing a job as a place to excel, follow your skills and passions, it is instead a place to earn a paycheck. You put in your time and in exchange, you can pay your bills and continue with your lifestyle.

Passion and Profession

Passion as # 1 Ingredient for organization success

We are moving from an age of mechanical to computerized world. Where we are trying to automate most of our work and want to focus on the things which customers value. With the computerization, individuals are becoming more and more important than any other time. Think in a medical field all the patients are monitored through CCTV camera by one person. Now if that one person is not passionate about work then what could be the consequences of that on patients?

Why we need Passion in our Profession

Passion is like a fuel that gets us out of bed in the morning, but it is also an essential differentiator in determining our probability to succeed in the long-run! Passion energizes us, makes us creative and keeps us motivated, even when things are tough. It sustains us on our journey towards our professional dreams and goals. It will keep you going when others are giving up.

We know we cannot always have everything in our professional lives, but if you are not pretty passionate about WHAT you are doing, WHEN, WHERE and HOW you are doing it, chances are that you will feel pretty exhausted soon.

It’s rightly said that either find 
your Passion 
or if NOT then be passionate about 
what you do.